1. Gateway Directories

Installing Knox Gateway with the platform-specific installers creates the following directories:

  • %HADOOP_NODE_INSTALL_ROOT%\ knox-X.X.X.X.X.X.X-XXXX is the $gateway_home directory, see table below. For example, D:\hdp\knox-0.4.0.2.1.1.0-1557.

  • %SystemDrive%\hadoop\logs\knox contains the output files from the Knox Gateway.

The table below describes the files and directories in $gateway_home:

 

Table 2.1. Gateway Home Directory Contents

Directory/file nameDescription
confContains global gateway configuration files.
conf/topologiesContains topology descriptor files that define Hadoop Clusters.
binContains the executable shell scripts, batch files, and JARs for clients and servers.
deploymentsContains cluster deployment files.
libContains the JARs for all the components that make up the gateway.
depContains the JARs for all of the components upon which the gateway depends.
extA directory where user supplied extension JARs can be placed to extends the gateways functionality.
samplesContains a number of samples that can be used to explore the functionality of the gateway.
templatesContains default configuration files that can be copied and customized.
READMEProvides basic information about the Apache Knox Gateway.
ISSUESDescribes significant known issues.
CHANGESEnumerates the changes between releases.
LICENSEDocuments the license under which this software is provided.
NOTICEDocuments required attribution notices for included dependencies.
DISCLAIMERDocuments that this release is from a project undergoing incubation at Apache.


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